Introduction:

Thyroid diseases are relatively frequent; they constitute an important group within chronic non-communicable diseases.

Objective:

To determine the quality of life in patients with thyroid diseases.

Methods:

An observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out. The universe (210 patients) with a diagnosis of thyroid diseases, who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria provided for in the study, prior informed consent, and the non-probabilistic sample (198 patients). The variables used were: age, sex, diagnosed thyroid disease (hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, diffuse euthyroid goiter) and quality of life (facets according to dimensions, according to expert classification and thyroid diseases and comprehensive quality of life according to diseases thyroid). The World Health Organization Quality of Life questionnaire was used.

Results:

Hypothyroidism predominated as the most frequent thyroid condition in women between 50 and 59 years of age. The clinical manifestations that scored the lowest average were pain and discomfort, followed by medical indications and negative feelings; the physical and psychological dimensions scored with low averages, as well as the environment, values ​​considered deficient.

Conclusions:

An average comprehensive quality of life prevailed in the highest percentage of patients; these diseases must be identified in time, to avoid other complications in different body systems that could compromise the patient's life.

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